EU COMMISSION
Proceedings against Apple
The EU Commission accuses Apple of unfair competition in its app store. Apple discriminates against other providers of music streaming apps, said competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Friday after a complaint from the market leader Spotify. Among other things, the Brussels authority is taking action against the fact that the sales of subscriptions in the apps must be processed via Apple’s payment platform. The group retains 30 or 15 percent of the income. If the EU Commission prevails, this would call Apple’s business model for the App Store into question for other services as well.
EU-PARLIAMENT
Brexit is ticked off
After the approval of the European Parliament, the EU states completed the ratification process for the trade and partnership agreement agreed with Great Britain after Brexit. As announced by the EU Council, the agreement entered into force on May 1st after being published in the EU Official Journal. The Portuguese EU Presidency spoke of a “new chapter in our relations with the United Kingdom”. The agreement was already provisionally in force.
CRAFT
Mangel an Personal
Many craft businesses in Germany find it difficult to find enough employees, even in the Corona crisis. There is currently a shortage of 54,000 journeymen across Germany, as a study by the Competence Center Securing Skilled Workers at the Institute of German Economy has shown. Overall, the study puts the shortage of skilled workers in the skilled trades at almost 65,000 workers. According to the study, 5500 master craftsman positions are currently not available.
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